Singer and songwriter Michael Heart composed and performed the below song on Gaza, Heart confirmed over email on Thursday. He has now made the song available to download on his website at no charge.
Abdelkader: What made you decide to write the song?
Heart: Well, like many other people in the world, I am appalled and extremely saddened by the tragic events that are still taking place in Gaza. So one night, quite recently, I picked up my acoustic guitar and started strumming it lightly, while looking at some photos on the internet, of the casualties in Gaza. Most of these photos had purposely not been shown by the U.S. media, to the public. Before I realized it, 2 hours later, I had written this song called "We will not go down". Initially, it was just an emotional outlet for me, not meant for anyone else to hear. But after I recorded it in my recording studio the following day, and after having shared the song with my family, it seemed clear that this song needed to be heard by as many people as possible. And here we are.
Abdelkader: What do you hope will result from your work?
Heart: In a perfect world, I would answer this question by saying that I hope my song will inspire the powers that be to put an end to war of any kind. But unfortunately, we don't live in a perfect world. So I guess that my more realistic hope is to raise awareness worldwide about the atrocities and tragic treatment with regard to the Palestinians, not only in Gaza, but everywhere else. I also hope that people, especially in the United States, begin to consider the source of the news as they see it. Most people simply turn on their TV and believe everything they see on their local news program. They don't realize that the TV stations are extremely biased, and far from objective. They're not getting the whole story, but rather an extremely distorted version of it. People have the right to know the truth. I hope that changes soon.
That was really a very touching song specially that it's coming from an american singer.I really hope the american society would see for real what their country is supporting, and I hope that the whole world would stand up to the Israeli terrorism.
this song is really cool,and very aspiring also. like what all the other people here say,it shows whats really going on in gaza and that the real terrorists here is israel,but i just hope that the whole world realizes this! i hope soon and god willing that gaza will be free and secure from this unjust war!!!!!
This was an amazing song and really inspiring. The best song I ever heard in my life. You have a brave heart to sing a great song like this, and to show the real images of whats going on in my own country. The images are what we see everyday on THE Arabic Television. I just hope that one day people will see whats really happening in GAZA instead of calling us the Terrorists. People need to weak up and open their eyes and speak out for the truth instead of judging Muslims. However, they do not show any of this on the American News. Why is that? They don't want people finding out the truth of what's happening in Palestine? Or Knowing the real Israelis? To know that Palestine was never their country, they just came and moved in it because they never had a land to live innnn!!!!
God Bless The Palestinian People In GAZA And All Over The World!!
